Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 3, and I knew that I needed to find a better way to control his disease to keep him safe and healthy. In 2016, I found the Open Artificial Pancreas System project (OpenAPS).
At that point, I wasn't able to keep him as safe and healthy as I wanted with the tools that I was finding from commercial device manufacturers. Using tools from this open-source project, I was able to build a hybrid closed-loop system, which has been transformational in terms of my son's control, safety, and quality of life.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/903519
(free registration)
At that point, I wasn't able to keep him as safe and healthy as I wanted with the tools that I was finding from commercial device manufacturers. Using tools from this open-source project, I was able to build a hybrid closed-loop system, which has been transformational in terms of my son's control, safety, and quality of life.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/903519
(free registration)
